Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map

  • Released Thursday, September 5, 2002
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This animation shows a unique picture of seasonal and yearly fire activity. Here, global fire activity is displayed as tiny particles on a flat map with each particle depicting the site at which a fire was detected. Daily fires are displayed at a rate of 10 days per second. The fire particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray.

This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 8-21-2002 to 8-20-2002 displayed on a flat map.

This image shows a global view of fires detected on 10-11-2001 displayed on a flat map.

This image shows a global view of fires detected on 10-11-2001 displayed on a flat map.

This image shows a global view of fires detected on 7-22-2002 displayed on a flat map.

This image shows a global view of fires detected on 7-22-2002 displayed on a flat map.

Video slate image reads "Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map".

Video slate image reads "Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map".

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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Fire location data courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project (NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland). The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

This page was originally published on Thursday, September 5, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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